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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of conversation does General Perdido tell Mrs. Pollifax he had hoped for?

2. How is Mrs. Pollifax drugged in Chapter 5?

3. Who has helped smuggle guns in to Castro?

4. What word does Mrs. Pollifax use to describe the real Senor DeGamez?

5. What does Mrs. Pollifax admit that she always wanted to be as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the meeting between Mrs. Pollifax and General Perdido.

2. What happens when Mr. Mason meets Mrs. Pollifax?

3. What do Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do while on the plane they are held captive on?

4. Discuss the complaints Mrs. Pollifax has about her abduction.

5. Discuss the location that Mrs. Pollifax arrives at during her capture as well as the ailment she suffers.

6. Discuss the conversation Mrs. Pollifax has when going to Parrot Bookstore the second time.

7. Discuss the assignment Carstairs has involving Mexico City.

8. Discuss the reaction of Mrs. Pollifax's children involving her trip to Mexico City.

9. Discuss the "jam" Mrs. Pollifax finds herself in in Chapter 8.

10. What kind of relationship does Mrs. Pollifax have with Mrs. Grace Hartshorne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the use of dialogue in the novel and the effect it has on the story.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the CIA in the novel and the importance it plays in the actions of Mrs. Pollifax.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship Mrs. Pollifax has with her children and the effect it has on the story.

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